Centralmaine.com advances Black studies in higher education panel

Centralmaine.com promoted a Jan. 28 Zoom event sponsored by the University of Maine Black Student Union and the UMaine Alumni Association, “Black Studies in 21st Century Higher Education.” Guests Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey, who initiated the movement for Black studies curricula in the 1970s, will talk about the history of Black Studies, current urgencies, and the relevance of Black knowledge, creativity and spirituality in higher education. More information is available online.